In Basra alone, police acknowledge that 15 women a month are murdered for breaching Islamic dress codes. Others say the number is higher.

Strasbourg, 13.07.2007 -- The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe has adopted the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, which represents a major advance in this field.

Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood.

More products are being imported to the US from China than ever before - but a series of scares has left some wondering whether they are safe.

China is cracking down on poor food safety amid a string of scares over toothpaste, pet foods, and other goods

Zheng Xiaoyu executed as the fall guy for the problems China is experiencing in its food and drug industry. He was accused of taking bribes as well as laxness in overseeing his agency's operation.

ELOXOCHITLAN, Mexico (AP) -- Soldiers and rescue workers on Thursday recovered 26 bodies from a bus buried in a landslide but held out little hope of finding survivors.

The Great Pyramids of Giza, the only surviving structures from the original seven wonders of the ancient world, were assured of retaining their status in addition to the new seven after indignant Egyptian officials said it was a disgrace they had to compe

The Taj Mahal, the 17th Century marble monument, was on Sunday picked as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World in the largest-ever online poll conducted by Swiss non-profit group New 7 Wonders Foundation.

Vote early, vote often: that is the message from the New7-Wonders Foundation, which chose this weekend to reveal the 21st-century world's choice of the seven finest works of man.